Students explore the life of Joseph Mengele, The Angel of Death. They use song lyrics and information to develop their understanding. Comments are appreciated.

Students use resources to plan and write a story about working in a factor. This lesson works best having spent some time with sources from the period (see other resources posted). Students are encouraged to use a range of adjectives and end with peer assessment. Minds and Machines is the textbook used. Comments are appreciated.

Students explore the treatments and beliefs at the time of the Black Death using sources, a video clip and a textbook. My classroom is equipped with both the white Dawson textbooks and the brown Edexcel version. You can adapt page numbers to suit your own. Comments are appreciated.

This lesson was planned for Y8 students sitting the Common Entrance exam. It was designed to revise BOTH the Black Death and Great Plague of London. It asks students to pitch which of the plagues should be featured in an empty gallery in the Museum of London. This lesson works really well as students think about wider consequences which could also lead to discussion and research into increased freedoms after the Black Death etc. This lesson could be easily adapted to suit GCSE teaching of the History of Medicine. My students supplements the information sheet with relevant textbooks in my room. In the next lesson students used a past paper question to demonstrate their knowledge. Enjoy!

This lesson can be used right at the front of Y7 to introduce the ideas of chronology and significance. Simple card sort and sentence starters to encourage thinking. Comments are appreciated.

An introductory lesson to 1920s America. The Powerpoint can be used as a quick run through or as an information hunt around the classroom. Comments are appreciated.

I use this lesson towards Christmas time to sum up a scheme of work on the Middle Ages. It can also be used as cover work. Resources attached. Comments are appreciated.

Students explore the concept of the Final Solution using source cards. This powerpoint also includes photos from my visit to Auschwitz, feel free to use or not! Comments are appreciated.

A lesson which explores the arguments for and against the Vietnam War. The main activity centres around a diamond 9 activity but photographs and clips are also used to stimulate ideas. The last task is fairly open as this was planned for a cover lesson. Comments are appreciated! :-)

This lesson explores the reasons for America withdrawal by assessing the tactics used by both sides. Paired and group work takes up the bulk of the lesson. The main poster task can be interpreted in different ways but I use playmobil and props to allow students to get around the imposed word restriction. Examples of this task are shown in the powerpoint to help you visualise this! Comments are appreciated. :-)

This lesson should be used to introduce the subject of history. If you can acquire a bag and the actual items (or similar) this lesson can be really effective. It should allow students to see how historians work by piecing together clues to form a bigger picture. Comments are appreciated :-)

This lesson looks into medieval ideas of heaven and hell using Doom paintings. The main task involves student's looking closely at the image using a secret picture style task. This lesson can stimulate good discussion and questions can be used to solidify understanding. Comments are appreciated.

Students are presented with problems that William faced after the Battle of Hastings. They use their planners or coloured cards to vote on their suggested solutions. Nice set up to a sequence of lessons on Norman control over England. There is a lesson plan attached should you need it. Please note the powerpoint contains animations so you should view it in slide-show mode. Feedback and comments are much appreciated. :-)

Students use information to explain what England was like under Cromwell. The starter encourages students to think what life would be like if the Prime Minister banned certain activities. Comments are appreciated.

Students discover how important religion was during the Middle Ages by gathering up information. I stick the information sheets around the classroom (and some outside!) and students have to go track down information and write it in their books. Bloom's taxonomy in indicated on the slides. Comments are appreciated.

Students are encouraged to discover how superstitious James I was. They look at the stereotype of the witch and eventually review his book on demonology. Comments are appreciated.

It’s always nice to give your students something Christmassy to work towards as it gets closer. I’ve updated this resource due to it’s popularity. This 10 page booklet can be printed in colour or black and white. Students can work through the different activities suggested in one go or once a week. I’ve used these resources with different ages but it would work best for lower secondary or primary school. The resources tell the Christmas story, look into traditions today and explore how Christmas was celebrated in the Tudor and Medieval period. The additional Powerpoint may also be used for other activities. Comments are appreciated. Images acquired through a search engine filtered to labelled for reuse.